Reds eye present and future

Ulverstone coach Mal Gorrie is keen to keep his side’s unbeaten run going for the final stages of the Women’s Super League season, but also has one eye on development ahead of Saturday’s game against South Hobart.

Ulverstone's Samantha Hardy works her way around her Hobart Zebras opponent during last week's Women's Super League match. Picture: Brodie Weeding.

In his first game in charge since taking over from Lucy Foote, Gorrie steered his team to a 4-1 win over Hobart Zebras, with some new faces hitting the scoresheet.

“We’re in a position now where we can also give some more game time to the players that haven’t regularly been in our starting 11 so we can look towards next season,” Gorrie said.

“An example of that was someone like Lily James who scored two goals.

“But South are coming off a pretty comfortable win last week with two players scoring hat-tricks.

“Our players will be aware of that but also need to stick to our game-plan.”

One of those players Ulverstone need to watch is former teammate Phoebe Djakic, who has 14 goals this season.

Weather also look set to play a factor at Darcy Street, with challenging conditions expected.

“Phoebe is their main goal scorer up front, with Niki Moutsatsos scoring three last week as well,” Gorrie said.

“They have a good young side that move the ball well, so it won’t be easy.

“It’s expected to be a rough sort of day and we may need to change our game style depending on the ground.”

In the other games, Hobart Zebras host Kingborough, Clarence travel to University and Taroona are at home to Launceston City.